Bangalore Lake Development Authority
Builders in collusion with the officials have encroached upon vast extent of lake land to construct apartment complexes and form layouts. Their modus operandi is simple: Dump debris to fill the lake. Once a portion is levelled off, usurp it by creating fictitious documents. The defiant act doesn’t end there. A survey of 842 lakes [...] Continue Reading »
Puttenahalli Lake Bangalore JP Nagar sparkles with new hope. A group of residents to help BBMP Bangalore in maintaining Puttenahalli Lake. Puttenahalli Neighbourhood Lake Improvement Trust (PNLIT) signed an MOU on May 17 with the BBMP to maintain Puttenahalli Lake. This makes them the first residents group of Bangalore to take charge of maintaining a [...] Continue Reading »
To curb the mafia, BWSSB Bangalore has now issued fresh guidelines for discharging effluents of industrial, trade effluents or domestic wastewater. The new guidelines bring in conditions where the samples have to be tested and then discharged. There shall not be any discharges after sunset and on general and government holidays. BWSSB has at last [...] Continue Reading »
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday came out strongly in support of Bangalore lake conservation and set the ball rolling with a direction to implement the recommendations on the development of Bangalore lakes, made by the Justice N K Patil committee report submitted in February. The division bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and [...] Continue Reading »
The Congress on Tuesday suspended Ramaswamy Palya BBMP corporator N Chandra, who is accused of assaulting UV Singh-chief conservator of forests (Lokayukta Vigilance Director) during his inspection of the Nagavara tank on Sunday. The Congress has condemned the attack on U V Singh. BWSSB chief engineer (corporate planning and waste water management) SM Basavaraj, who [...] Continue Reading »
The brave effort by chief conservator of forests UV Singh to stop gang of lake polluters has not only made him a hero but raised many questions among experts. U V Singh, chief conservator of forests, who heads the Lake Development Authority (LDA), was assaulted on Sunday by a corporator. But this is not his [...] Continue Reading »
The Karnataka High Court on Friday directed the six-member committee to submit its report by February 28, 2011. The Division Bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice A S Bopanna had constituted the committee while hearing a batch of public interest litigation seeking directions to the government for preservation and restoration of lakes [...] Continue Reading »
